re: Off-Topic: Governor’s Race

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Would be a pretty stupid corporation to have 50 different departments doing the same exact thing. Your analogy fails on many levels, namely that separate departments serve the overlying goal of the corporation. The fedgov is supposed to serve the interests of the States.

Your side has already won(not saying you are a dem/rep whatever but a supporter of overarching govt) but youll never convince me you are right. Doing so would mean I reject the original framework and ideals this country was founded on. From a practical standpoint, it fails for me as well. I get you are trying to convince me that my understanding of the situation is not as complete as yours. You are wrong. I just have a different opinion than you...which is perfectly fine on both sides. Enjoy the fairy dust money why you can.

*side not: lose the smugness. Laughyface emojis imply that my argument is absurd or something. Its not

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Would be a pretty stupid corporation to have 50 different departments doing the same exact thing. Your analogy fails on many levels, namely that separate departments serve the overlying goal of the corporation. The fedgov is supposed to serve the interests of the States.

Your side has already won(not saying you are a dem/rep whatever but a supporter of overarching govt) but youll never convince me you are right. Doing so would mean I reject the original framework and ideals this country was founded on. From a practical standpoint, it fails for me as well. I get you are trying to convince me that my understanding of the situation is not as complete as yours. You are wrong. I just have a different opinion than you...which is perfectly fine on both sides. Enjoy the fairy dust money why you can.

*side not: lose the smugness. Laughyface emojis imply that my argument is absurd or something. Its not

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1) The 50 states have 50 different agendas regarding their own state. If they didn't there'd be no need for both.
2) You said,"The fedgov is supposed to serve the interests of the States." herein lies our fundamental disagreement. If states have different agendas/priorities, the federal govt. MUST consolidate them all and form a national agenda.
3) I'm not expecting to change your mind on anything, and I, also, believe that the fed is too deep into affairs that should be those of the states, BUT putting states before federal is simply putting "the cart before the horse".
4) It may well be "fairy dust", but I'm pretty sure it's gonna end up being repaid by the working folks of this country, so until we can get the type folks in Washington who'll turn this "train" around, I'd expect the folks representing me to get as much of "my" money's worth as possible.
5) I don't ever remember being called smug before!
I apologize if you perceived it as a slight, but I'm more of a "visual" learner, so emojis just come instinctively.

States budget 2-3 years ahead.

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States budget 2-3 years ahead.

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But aren't they budgeted "per year"?

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States work on a yearly budget, plus do you really believe that EVERY state involved would vote the same way, and basically at the same time?

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If they would, we'd have had a convention of states to reign in the federal government years ago.

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You don't actually think that one state would build a road to the state line, then just walk off and leave it, do you?

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No. I believe one state would improve their road up to the state line, and that would put pressure on the next state to do the same. You know, the way literally everything else works.

Example: our state is only considering gambling at all because all the states around us have it.

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I can’t stop laughing. One of these days these idiots will learn that relationships with Trump are merely transactional and only transactional to Trump’s benefit. Mo has spent 6 years with his lips firmly affixed to Trump’s balloon knot, and he drops him without blinking.

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Prediction: Mo Brooks will change none of his stances as a result of this lost endorsement. His views have nothing to do with what Trump does or doesn't do.

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You don't actually think that one state would build a road to the state line, then just walk off and leave it, do you?


No. I believe one state would improve their road up to the state line, and that would put pressure on the next state to do the same. You know, the way literally everything else works.
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[b]Can't you see how expensive, time consuming, and wasteful that would be compared to a planned, super-road DIRECTLY linking one side of the country to another?[/b

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If states have different agendas/priorities, the federal govt. MUST consolidate them all and form a national agenda.

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Nothing else needs to be said. This is where we disagree. A majority of the founding fathers would have disagreed with you

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Do you really believe that the founding fathers perceived our society as we are today?

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We're aren't nearly as different as you'd like to believe.

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Can't you see how expensive, time consuming, and wasteful that would be compared to a planned, super-road DIRECTLY linking one side of the country to another?

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No, it would have been much cheaper and more efficient.